Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Consumer Price Index
The potato consumer price index view treats the published household basket as a macro retail signal rather than an executable procurement quote. Analysts and procurement teams can compare consumer movement with matched farm, processor, wholesale, and retail markets while preserving basket and methodology differences.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato consumer-price-index data measures average household price change for a defined consumer potato basket under the publisher's methodology. The market object is the weighted retail index by geography, product coverage, quality adjustment, seasonality, and publication period.
Use the data to study consumer inflation and price transmission while comparing it with farmgate, shipping-point, processor, wholesale, and retail potato markets. Treat it as a macro consumer signal rather than an executable procurement quote.
Data Module
Potato Consumer Price Index
Market objectconsumer potato price basket
Primary measureaverage retail price change
Key dimensionsgeography, basket, weighting, period
Commercial useinflation and transmission analysis
Limitnot a procurement benchmark
Compare withfarm, processor, wholesale, retail series
Analysis
Why this matters
A consumer index can diverge from industrial procurement because it embeds retail product mix, packaging, promotions, distribution, and publication lag. It may also be dominated by fresh potatoes while a buyer purchases processed ingredients.
Commercial interpretation should use the index to explain consumer trends, not to substitute for a matched commercial benchmark.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 16, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato market steady for now; Russia’s smaller crop is the salient risk
Spot prices are flat and USDA terminal reports read ‘market steady,’ but a renewed forecast for a smaller Russian harvest and recent regional harvest stress leave seasonal import timing and storage losses as the key uncertainty.
Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
- What matters right now?
- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
Content + UCUI + MPI + MSR + API access
Get historical series, regional detail, constituent data, exports, alerts, and direct data access.
Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for procurement, finance, policy, and market-intelligence teams that use a potato consumer price index to track changes paid by households. A consumer index can show retail inflation for a defined potato category, but users need to understand the product basket, geography, weighting, quality adjustments, seasonality, and publication lag. MassGain connects the index with upstream physical potato markets.
The suite places consumer-price movement beside farmgate, shipping-point, processor, wholesale, and retail series as well as crop conditions, freight, packaging, promotions, and product mix. Procurement can see whether retail inflation is relevant to supplier negotiations. Finance can compare consumer trends with customer pricing. Analysts can study how quickly upstream changes reach households and whether the basket is dominated by fresh potatoes or processed products.
A CPI-style series measures average price change, not the exact cost of a buyer’s basket or an executable market quote. MassGain documents methodology and avoids using broad food inflation as a substitute for a matched potato benchmark. It does not publish official CPI statistics unless sourced from the responsible agency. It provides the context needed to interpret consumer potato inflation and compare it responsibly with commercial exposure.
Use Case
A supplier cites the potato consumer price index to support an ingredient increase. MassGain shows the index is dominated by retail fresh potatoes and promotions, while the buyer purchases industrial flakes. Procurement rejects the mismatch and uses a processing-potato and flake benchmark instead.
FAQs
What does a potato consumer price index measure?
It measures average price change for a defined consumer potato basket across a stated geography and period.
Why may it differ from procurement costs?
Retail baskets include packaging, promotions, distribution, taxes, product mix, and consumer-channel effects.
How does MassGain use the index?
It documents methodology and compares consumer movement with matched upstream and commercial potato markets.
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Data and Methodology
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Timing and revisions
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Not transactional pricing
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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